Designing lower control arm mounted air deflectors for brake cooling

[teders]

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[booost]

Really love this. I bet this could be 2-fold and help with intake temps if the side garnishes on the front bumper were opened up as vents to get a cross breeze almost like the FK8's. Good stuff man!

 

[burgermeister]

I bet they work well. I ran Porsche 993 air deflectors on my 911 for a decade of track use, and they did a dandy job keeping the brakes cool. The 993 pieces used to be semi-cheap (30 ea), might even be adaptable to the Civic. Many folks just zip tied them to the control arm ... mine were a little more elaborately attached, but I don't have any pictures handy.

 

[teders]

Really love this. I bet this could be 2-fold and help with intake temps if the side garnishes on the front bumper were opened up as vents to get a cross breeze almost like the FK8's. Good stuff man!

Wouldn't want to open those, intake temps are fine as is and opening those vents would just create a TON of drag.

 

[teders]

I bet they work well. I ran Porsche 993 air deflectors on my 911 for a decade of track use, and they did a dandy job keeping the brakes cool. The 993 pieces used to be semi-cheap (30 ea), might even be adaptable to the Civic. Many folks just zip tied them to the control arm ... mine were a little more elaborately attached, but I don't have any pictures handy.

These were a big inspiration for my project.

 

[st4xor]

@teders how did these end up working out? Did they stay in place? Any sense of whether they helped out?

 

[JO3L]

Great idea!!! I've been wanting to buy one of these and try to adapt to the Civic. Just not sure which one would give me the best chance at fitting with least amount of work.

https://honeddevelopments.com/product-category/brake-cooling/

 

[teders]

@teders how did these end up working out? Did they stay in place? Any sense of whether they helped out?

Yep, they've been on the car since February this year no problems, and they actually work!

Disclaimer though, I'm not sure if they are making the "cooling difference" which solved my brake over heating problem. I got the BBK and the problem went away. However, I know the deflectors are doing their job of directing air to the rotors. My front wheels stay cleaner MUCH longer than my back wheels, and much longer than they used to before. Air is definitely pushing out all the brake dust, so I have to imagine there is more airflow in general and so low cooling.

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